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St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital was featured in the media, as NJ Senator Bob Menendez and NJ Congressman Bill Pascrell hosted a press conference at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital to discuss the federal fight to restore funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides healthcare coverage to more than nine million children from lower-income families across the nation. Joining the Senator and Congressman, was St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital patient Zaira Dollar from Paterson, who desperately relies on CHIP for her care at St. Joseph’s. Fighting to Restore CHIP Funding: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/paterson/articles/paterson-student-joins-congressman-pascrell-and-s https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2018/01/13/childrens-health-insurance-program-risk-200-000-kids-new-jersey-may-lose-coverage/1026071001/

This year's flu season has hit hard and fast, and is dominated by a particularly rough strain of the virus, federal health officials said Friday. The elderly, the very young, those with chronic health conditions and baby boomers are suffering more than usual from the viral illness. NorthJersey.com published an update on this year’s flu season, featuring David Goldberg, MD, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease, St. Joseph's Children’s Hospital. "It's never too late to get the flu vaccine," said Dr. David Goldberg, "We're seeing an increasing number of children being admitted." A rough flu season may be hitting its peak https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2018/01/13/flu-season-2018/1029475001/

The St. Joseph’s ALTO℠ program was highlighted in the media, as News 12 NJ spoke with Adelaide Viguri, DO, Associate Medical Director, Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph’s Health, about our nationally-acclaimed ALTO℠ program in connection with President Trump’s announcement declaring opioid abuse a national public health emergency. Dr. Viguri explained our philosophy and practice at St. Joseph’s to prescribe non-opioid medications for pain management. Paterson hospital finds alternative medicines to opioids: http://newjersey.news12.com/story/36705670/paterson-hospital-finds-alternative-medicines-to-opioids

St. Joseph’s Health was highlighted in the article, “We're exhausted: Stress and social media are taking their toll” featured on USA today, The Record and North Jersey.com – which includes Dr. Carlos Rueda, Chairman, Behavioral Health Services, SJH, providing insight on sleeping better and dealing with stress. “We’re living in a very complex society,” says Dr. Carlos Rueda, “and this causes all kinds of problems. We are dealing with perceived threats from everywhere, economic uncertainty, and we are in constant state of fight and flight. And, of course, people are constantly receiving stimuli from their computers and their phones. You…

U.S. News & World Report published an article, “How Value Based Care is Changing Population Health,” featuring Mark Rosenberg, DO, Chief Innovation Officer, St. Joseph’s Health, speaking on our organization’s innovative approach to improve the health of our community. The article is part of the U.S. News “Healthiest Communities” series. How Value Based Care is Changing Population Health: https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2017-11-01/improving-population-health-1-patient-at-a-time